[15] Nominative sing. a hill.
[16] 3rd sing. pres. of kuumottaa, to loom or be seen indistinctly.
[17] This is a constant epithet of Wäinämöinen, meaning literally firm, and then used to denote a kind of steady prudence, which is a natural characteristic of the Finns, and (like Scotch canniness) untranslatable, though more frivolous nations might render it by stolid.
[18] Adj. old, also a constant epithet.
[19] 1st infin.; for constr. v. p. [188].
[20] 3rd sing. imperf. of huikahuttaa. Like the last word this is onomatopœic.
[21] Genitive sing. of Tuonela, place of Tuoni (v. p. [47]).
[22] Inessive sing. of joki, a river (rule [28]).
[23] Inessive sing. of alanne, lowland or depth (stem alantehe).